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貝
Radical 154 (U+2F99)
貝 (U+8C9D) "shell"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	bèi
Bopomofo:	ㄅㄟˋ
Wade–Giles:	pei4
Cantonese Yale:	bui3
Jyutping:	bui3
Japanese Kana:	ハイ hai / バイ bai (on'yomi) かい kai (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	패 pae
Names
Chinese name(s):	(Side) 貝字旁/贝字旁 bèizìpáng (Bottom) 貝字底/贝字底 bèizìdǐ
Japanese name(s):	貝/かい kai 貝偏/かいへん kaihen 小貝/こがい kogai (as opposed to 大貝/おおがい ōgai standing for 頁)
Hangul:	조개 jogae
Stroke order animation

Radical 154 or radical shell (貝部) meaning "shell" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 277 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

贝, The simplified form of 貝, is the 76 indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, while the traditional form 貝 is listed as its associated indexing component.

Evolution

Cowrie shell used as currency in ancient China. Unrelated to 見 and 具.

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  Shang dynasty Oracle bone script
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  Shang dynasty Bronze script
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  Western Zhou Bronze script
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  Spring and Autumn period bronze script
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  Warring States period bronze script
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  Chu slip and silk script
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  Qin slip script
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  Large seal script character
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  Small seal script character

得 (to acquire)

貝 transformed to 見 then to 旦.

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  Shang dynasty Oracle bone script
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  Shang dynasty Bronze script
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  Western Zhou Bronze script
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  Chu slip and silk script
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  Small seal script character

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters (貝)	Characters (贝)
+0	貝	贝SC (=貝)
+2	貞 貟 負	贞SC (=貞) 负SC (=負) 贠SC (=貟)
+3	財 貢 貣 貤	贡SC (=貢) 财SC (=財)
+4	貥 貦 (=玩 -> 玉) 貧 貨 販 貪 貫 責 貭 (=質) 貮 (=貳)	责SC (=責) 贤SC (=賢) 败SC (=敗 -> 攴) 账SC (=賬) 货SC (=貨) 质SC (=質) 贩SC (=販) 贪SC (=貪) 贫SC (=貧) 贬SC (=貶) 购SC (=購) 贮SC (=貯) 贯SC (=貫)
+5	貯 貰 貱 貲 貳 貴 貵 貶 買 貸 貹 貺 費 貼 貽 貾 貿 賀 賁	贰SC (=貳) 贱SC (=賤) 贲SC (=賁) 贳SC (=貰) 贴SC (=貼) 贵SC (=貴) 贶SC (=貺) 贷SC (=貸) 贸SC (=貿) 费SC (=費) 贺SC (=賀) 贻SC (=貽)
+6	賂 賃 賄 賅 賆 資 賈 賉 (=恤 -> 心) 賊 賋 賌 賍 (=贓) 賎JP (=賤)	贼SC (=賊) 贽SC (=贄) 贾SC (=賈) 贿SC (=賄) 赀SC (=貲) 赁SC (=賃) 赂SC (=賂) 赃SC (=贓) 资SC (=資) 赅SC (=賅) 赆SC (=贐)
+7	賏 賐 賑 賒 賓 賔 (=賓) 賕 賖 賗 賘 (=贓)	赇SC (=賕) 赈SC (=賑) 赉SC (=賚) 赊SC (=賒)
+8	賙 賚 賛 (=贊) 賜 賝 賞 賟 賠 賡 賢 賣 賤 賥 賦 賧 賨 賩 質 賫 (=齎 -> 齊) 賬	赋SC (=賦) 赌SC (=賭) 赍SC (=賫=齎 -> 齊) 赎SC (=贖) 赏SC (=賞) 赐SC (=賜) 赑SC (=贔) 赒SC (=賙) 赓SC (=賡) 赔SC (=賠) 赕SC (=賧)
+9	賭 賮 (=贐) 賯 賰 賱 賲 賳 賴 賵	赖SC (=賴) 赗SC (=賵)
+10	賶 賷 (=齎 -> 齊) 賸 (=剩 -> 刀) 賹 賺 賻 購 賽	赘SC (=贅) 赙SC (=賻) 赚SC (=賺) 赛SC (=賽)
+11	賾 賿 贀 贂 贃 贄 贅	赜SC (=賾)
+12	贆 贇 贈 贉 贊 贋 (=贗) 贌	赝SC (=贗) 赞SC (=贊) 赟SC (=贇) 赠SC (=贈)
+13	贍 贎 贏	赡SC (=贍) 赢SC (=贏)
+14	贐 贑 (=贛) 贒 (=賢) 贓 贔
+15	贕 贖 贗 贘 (=賞)
+16	贙 贚
+17	贛	赣SC (=贛)
+18	贜 (=贓)

Further information: wikt:Appendix:Chinese radical/貝

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a first grade kanji.

Literature

• Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.

External links

• Unihan Database - U+8C9D